Greenford High School
Lady Margaret Road, Southall, UB1 2GU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Ms Mia Pye
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Ealing Southall
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,000
- Pupils on roll
- 1,976
- URN
- 101940
- Local authority
- Ealing
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085789152
About this school
Greenford High School is a foundation secondary school in Southall. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,976 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 282 | 296 | 301 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 | 51.5 | 48.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.67 +0.50 to +0.84 | +0.37 +0.20 to +0.53 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 62% | 59.8% | 53.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 81% | 78.4% | 69.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 38% | 44.9% | 35.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Greenford High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Ealing average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54.1 | 44.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.5 | 47 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.6 | 44.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,945 |
| 2023/24 | 2,015 |
| 2024/25 | 2,015 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Greenford High School compares
Greenford High School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.6 | 9.1% | 41.3% | 1,976 | — |
| The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School | 58.4 | 5.7% | 16.7% | 2,036 | 0.9 miles |
| Dormers Wells High School | 49.1 | 5.9% | 34% | 1,469 | 0.9 miles |
| William Perkin Church of England High School | 62.5 | 7.7% | 27.2% | 1,450 | 1.0 miles |
| Barnhill Community High School | 53.1 | 7.8% | 39.6% | 1,537 | 1.3 miles |
| Brentside High School | 44.1 | 11.7% | 47.6% | 1,483 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report10 February 2026
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.26%
- English as an additional language
- 75.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.08%
- Persistent absence
- 27.68%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School0.9 miles
Secondary · Greenford
-
Dormers Wells High School0.9 miles
Secondary · Southall
-
William Perkin Church of England High School1.0 miles
Secondary · Greenford
-
Barnhill Community High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Hayes
-
Brentside High School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in Southall
- Dormers Wells High School Secondary
- Featherstone High School Secondary
- Villiers High School Secondary
- Greenfields Nursery School and Children's Centre Nursery
- Grove House Nursery School & Children's Centre Nursery
- Allenby Primary School Primary
- Beaconsfield Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Blair Peach Primary School Primary
- Clifton Primary School Primary
- Dairy Meadow Primary School Primary
- Dormers Wells Primary School Primary
- Durdans Park Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Greenford High School teach?
- Greenford High School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Southall.
- Who is the headteacher of Greenford High School?
- The headteacher of Greenford High School is Ms Mia Pye, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Greenford High School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Greenford High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Greenford High School?
- Greenford High School has 1,976 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Greenford High School full?
- Greenford High School has capacity for 2,000 pupils and 1,976 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Greenford High School a faith school?
- No. Greenford High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Greenford High School a selective school?
- No. Greenford High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What SEN provision does Greenford High School have?
- The schools register lists Greenford High School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Greenford High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.1 in 2022/23 and 48.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Greenford High School rank locally?
- Greenford High School ranked 11th of 16 secondary schools in Ealing for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Greenford High School's absence rate?
- Greenford High School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Greenford High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Greenford High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.